I am putting down a very popular couple of verses in today’s post.
Philippians 4:6-7 – 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
These are great verses that many of us see a lot. I love these verses because they are life verses. We all need to pay attention and obey these verses.
Don’t be jumping just into anything all scatter brain. Don’t get all worked up or anxious
either. Take things to the Lord in prayer. He wants us to.
When we put our trust into God, that’s when the peace comes in. The protection from God is for our
hearts and minds. There is stuff in the world and philosophies that really can get a guy off track for a long
time. Literally years.
Some really great verses follow these two also.
Philippians 4:8-9 –8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
In with the good stuff and out with the bad. We are in a testing period. It’s not the only thing we’re in right now, because we are also in a war. Still this is a time of “what are you going to do?”
What are going to choose? Whom are you going to choose?
Paul makes it real simple. Choose what is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent,
and praiseworthy. What do all these things have in common? THEY’RE GOOD! They’re not what I choose to do because I can do whatever I want. These things are how we are supposed to live and they don’t come natural to the sinful nature.
Choose to do good. Choose to serve God. This isn’t a time to say, “Oh hey Jesus, you’re my Savior and I’ll never forget that, but now I’m taken care of when I die. Since that’s the case I can do whatever I want.”
That thinking is talked about a lot in the bible and it never is looked at well at all. Accepting Jesus is a lifetime commitment. It’s not a one time at the altar acknowledgment.
Would you want your children treating you like that? A little bit a lip service and a whole lot of
doing everything that is contrary to the things that are right?
Put into practice the things that are of God.